Acts 20:28:23Acts.20.28.W23TAB
διὰ
dia
“through”
- Transliteration
- di-A
- Extended
- dee-AH
- IPA
- /diˈa/
Meaning by language
- English
- through
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
di-A
- sentence
pro-SE-khe-te he-au-TOIS kai pan-TEE tôi poim-NI-ôi en hôi hy-MAS to PNEU-ma to HA-gi-on E-the-to e-pi-SKO-pous poi-ma-NEIN tên ek-klê-SI-an tou the-OU hên pe-ri-e-poi-Ê-sa-to di-A tou HAI-ma-tos tou i-DI-ou
Exegesis
A subsequent relative clause, hēn periepoiēsato dia tou haimatos tou idiou {ἣν περιεποιήσατο διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἰδίου | hḕn pe-ri-e-poi-ḗ-sa-to diá toû haí-ma-tos toû i-dí-ou}, uses periepoiēsato ‘acquired for Himself’ (aorist middle indicative) and the preposition dia with the genitive to denote means, underscoring the cost of redemption with idiou ‘His own.’
Root and etymology
diatassodiatasso: delta–iota–alpha–tau–alpha–sigma–sigma–omicron
“to arrange, order, appoint”
In context — Acts 20:28
Be vigilant toward yourselves and toward the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God , which He obtained with His own blood.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:28:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 20:28, so the Greek word διὰ (dia) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.20.28.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.28.W23.S1) and character.